It is also easy to note some slight changes in color that makes thin or thick stripes when it comes to a handmade rug. Such is the result of dyes used to change the wool during weaving or just the way the wool’s colors age due to the atmosphere, light and washing. Most of the color changes can be seen in the rug’s background color known as abrash. It is hard to find such abrashes in rugs made by machines. Running dyes area known issue when washing handmade Oriental rugs and extra care needs to be taken not to make the dyes bleed when washing handmade Oriental rugs. A professional rug cleaner like Love Your Rug, carefully hand washes handmade Oriental rugs to make sure that dyes don’t bleed. Basically, a good old scrubbing on both knees is required for washing authentic handmade rugs with a lot of cares.